Apple always copy Sony's simplicity design. You can go back and compare their products in the 80's. All Sony's electronic line products look very sleek, simple, and beautiful while Apple products are bulky and ugly (typical American design).

The US Patent Office doesn't care about prior art, or in many cases other criteria such as obviousness. They seem to take the attitude of award anything that comes in front of them and let the courts sort it out (in other words, let money talk).

vrvly, 13 Jun 2017Sony's way is actually the best - its quite natural and you got access if phone face up or dow... moreI've heard that either HP have the patent for power button scanners in the US or a carrier agreement with sony to sell xperias with a scanner which fell through meaning sony couldn't sell devices with it enabled.
Not sure which.

this patent is shit... why apple wanna make it seem that every new innovation that related to smartphone was done by them first.....they soon lose their mobile market share to android that shit so which mean that no android smartphone can have that technology with the finger print scanner in the screen or power button when clearly sony had it first sad

Sony's way is actually the best - its quite natural and you got access if phone face up or down. Kind of late for apple. Still makes me wonder why sony disabled its functionality(and just US too), so elsewhere it's ok for sony, also what about apple?